Thank you, Alex. I'll need to be patient. ;-) One other thing I found interesting, in looking at the source of the DateField from the SDK, it appears that the data setter *does* have allowances for dates as strings... so I'm not sure why it's not working... unless I'm really not formatting the date string properly. But I've tried every format I can think of.
Thanks again, Alex! --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've marked your issue for further investigation, but am backlogged this > week. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of carl_steinhilber > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Using DateField as itemEditor for DataGrid > column > > > > Anybody? Anybody? > > Various other namespaces seem to have definitions for date values, but > I haven't been successful in loading up other namespaces in XML docs > for Flex consumption. And I'm not convinced it would work even if I > did... seems like the date value would *still* need to be in a format > that Flex could understand internally, not based on some other > namespace that it knows nothing about. > > ANY help would be appreciated. > Thanks, > -Carl > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "carl_steinhilber" > <carl_steinhilber@> wrote: > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > Sure. (Holiday-themed) example below. :-) XML inline, of course, > > rather than loaded from external doc as in my final app. As is, it > > works (all data is shown, and clicking in the date field opens the > > DateField editor... there's a coercion error on click in debug, but > > it's silent when not in debug). > > > > Changing the "date" DataGridColumn to > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="date" > > width="100" editable="true" > > itemRenderer="mx.controls.DateField" > > editorDataField="selectedDate" rendererIsEditor="true" /> > > > > prevents any data from being shown. In debug, the coercion error > > occurs immediately on creation... which makes perfect sense. > > > > So the issue is definitely that Flex can't parse the date from the XML > > node. But I'm at a loss as to how to define the date in the XML to fix > > the problem. Am I going to have to step through the XML and convert it > > to an Object, converting the date along the way? Or is there a more > > straight-forward solution I'm missing? Would there be a way to wrap > > the DateField in a custom renderer that can convert the date on the > fly? > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " > > layout="vertical" creationComplete="init()" > > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.collections.XMLListCollection; > > > > [Bindable] > > private var xmlChristmas:XMLListCollection; > > > > private function init():void > > { > > xmlChristmas = new > > XMLListCollection(xmlDaysOfChristmas.day.copy()); > > } > > > > private var xmlDaysOfChristmas:XML = > > <root> > > <day> > > <name>First Day of Christmas</name> > > > <date>2007-12-25T00:00:00.0000000-05:00</date> > > <gift>Partridge in a pear tree</gift> > > </day> > > <day> > > <name>Second Day of Christmas</name> > > <date>12/26/2007</date> > > <gift>Two turtle doves</gift> > > </day> > > <day> > > <name>Third Day of Christmas</name> > > <date>Thu Dec 27 00:00:00 GMT-0800 > 2007</date> > > <gift>Three french hens</gift> > > </day> > > </root>; > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > > > <mx:DataGrid id="dgOutput" dataProvider="{xmlChristmas}" > > width="600" height="160" editable="true"> > > <mx:columns> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Name" dataField="name" > > width="200" editable="true" /> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="date" > > width="100" editable="true" > > itemEditor="mx.controls.DateField" > > editorDataField="selectedDate" /> > > <!-- mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="date" > > width="100" editable="true" > > itemRenderer="mx.controls.DateField" > > editorDataField="selectedDate" rendererIsEditor="true" / --> > > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Gift" dataField="gift" > > width="300" editable="true" /> > > </mx:columns> > > </mx:DataGrid> > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > Can you post a mini-example? > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > > Behalf Of carl_steinhilber > > > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:43 PM > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Using DateField as itemEditor for DataGrid > column > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm having a problem using a DateField as a itemRenderer/editor for > a > > > column in a dataGrid. > > > > > > If I set the DateField as my itemEditor, everything works perfectly. > > > But if I set the DateField as my itemRenderer and set > rendererIsEditor > > > to true the dataGrid renders completely blank (no data in *any* > field) > > > and locks down so *nothing* is editable. > > > > > > In reading posts in the archives in this group and elsewhere, folks > > > with similar issues were told to make sure the data bound to the > > > column is of type date. > > > But I have two issues with that: > > > 1) if it wasn't understood as being of type date, why would it work > > > when the dateField was set as the itemEditor > > > and > > > 2) I'm loading in the dataProvider for the DataGrid as a Bindable > > > XMLListCollection from an external XML file... and I'm not sure how > I > > > can designate in XML that the node is of type date. > > > > > > Anyone have any info or pointers? They'd be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > -Carl > > > > > >
